- Campbell County, Georgia
Campbell County, Georgia was a county of the
U.S. state of Georgia from 1828 to 1931. It was created by the state legislature on20 December 1828 from land taken from Fayette, Coweta, and Carroll counties, and from the half of DeKalb County which became Fulton County soon afterward. Georgia'sCherokee Land Lottery of 1832 also added to the county.The original county seat was Campbellton; however, when the
Atlanta & West Point Railroad began to plan its route, the town's residents said no due to noise concerns. The tracks were laid through Fairburn instead, which flourished while Campbellton died out, and soon became the newcounty seat in 1870.The northwestern half of Campbell (and a bit more of Carroll) became Douglas County in 1870, divided on
17 October at theChattahoochee River . The remainder of Campbell County was ceded to Fulton at the end of 1931, along with Milton County, to save money. Thelegislation creating the merger was enacted on9 August 1929 , with Milton being added to the process in 1931.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.